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Our Sports Diary
LOCAL
THE CHINA
Ping Pong-To-day--Men's Singles Championship, South China A.A.
Hockey-To-day-
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K.B.S.F.P.A.
King's Park, 3 p.m.
Aquatics To-day- V.R.C. Night Fete,
Racing To-day-Seventh
Extra Race Meeting.
Tuesday Entries close for Eighth Extra Race Meeting,
Boon.
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MAIL.
BOBBY-THE GOLF MACHINE.
Dramatic Win Over Sweetser.
A "CORNER" IN TITLES ?
Ardmore, Yesterday.
In the semi-finals” of the American Amateur, Golf Cham, pionship, played to-day, Bobby Jones beat Sweetser 9 and 8, whilst Homans beat Scaver one up.
rhythmical
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930.
GOSSIP IN
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
WHO WILL WIN ?
GOLF CRAZE COSTS TEN MILLIONS.
LORD DERBY ECONOMISES.
JACK HOBBS FOR CEYLON.
TO-DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES AT HOME.
(Exclusive to China Mail-
By Linesman."]
The following is a list of Home football matches to-day. The teams in black type may win; where no black type is shown the match may result in a draw;
Division I.
Birminghan Bolton Derby C. Leeds U.
Yet another serious Jones became a
The professional championship golfing machine for his match
Aviation. accident has marred was won by another Ttallan, Binda, Sunderland against Sweetser. The pair had
the national air from Guerra, and Rousse, of Bel- not met since.Sweetser won in races in Chicago. Captain Arthur for the past two years...
glum. The latter has won the race 1922, when he won the title,
HPage of the US Marine Corps, Jones get about avenging this with a birdie three at the first, crashed while flying at 205 miles an and a four at the fourth, where hour in the Thompson Trophy race he was 3 up. He became 4 up at in full view of 60,000 spectators. the six, but made his first mis-
Captain Page was rushed to hos take at the seventh, where he drove out of bounds, and conced-pital, where he afterwards died. [ed the hole.
Mr. Charles Holman, a Min-tween Plymouth Argyle and Ever- Sweetser began to place long neapolis flyer, Won the event, ton, should be played. approaches dead, and had reduced negotiating 100 miles at an average the deficit to one down at the speed of 201.91 miles per hour-a tenth, after a dramatic fight. new record for the event.
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An attempt is to be Billiards made by Mr. F. F.
Fearon,
of Ply-
Bobby Stages a Rally. Jones's lead was now slipping away. He was two under par for the first six holes, but five over at the next five. Twice he was only enabled
to · halve through mouth, to set ap a new record for), Sweetser being half-stymied. He endurance billiards. took three putts at the twelfth, where Sweetser was still only one! The record stands to the name of
[down,
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the late John Roberts, who played Bobby then rallied, winning the billiards for fifty-three consecutive 15th with a birdie three. He hours. Mr. Fearon, who has repre- then won the 17th and 18th, and sented established a commanding lead of billiards and snooker championships, fifty-four consecutive hours, and to proposes to endeavour to play for
4 up, on the first round.
The cards for the first eighteen holes were:---
Jones: 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4,] 5, 5, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 73.
Sweetser: 6, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 4,
79.
Plymouth in both
score at least 11,000 points.
the
In his non-stop effort he will play the Devon County Billiards Club, a relay of opponents, probably at
Plymouth.
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Arsenal Newcastle U. Manchester 0. HuddersBold
Blackburn Chelsea
Grimsby Aston Villa
Portsmouth
Sheffield W.
Leicester C.
Liverpool
v.
Manchester U. v. Middlesbro'
Shaffield U.
West Ham
Y. V.
. Blackpool
Division IL
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Football. on
Barnsley Bradford-C Burnley Charlton Builders who were Notts Forest
strike at Ply- Port-Vale
Preston mouth went back to Southampton work in order that the opening Swansea football match of the season, be- W, Bromwich
Tottenham
Bristol City
Everton
V.
Bradford
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Cardiff
Oldham
Y.
Bury
บ
Stoke
V.
Wolves
Y
Reading
V.
Millwall
Plymouth
Division Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Rovers Coventry Exeter
I-Southern,
1
V.
Luton
V
Queen's P.R.
V
Brentford
V
Norwich
V.
Crystal Palace
ษ.
Southend
V.
Thunres
Y
Torquay
V.
Notts County
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Division III-Northern Accrington V. Barrow Crewe
York C.
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Chesterfield
V.
It is estimated that a Doncaster
Tranmere R.
V.
Hartlepools
Golf. capital of at least ten Gateshead
Halifax million pounds is involv- Hull
V
Wigan
V.
Wrexham
Lincoln
V.
Darlington
Rochdale
Carlisle
V
Rotherham
There was a danger that the im provements, to the Argyle ground would not be completed in time Fulham for the game. The Argyle direc- Gillingham tors made an appeal to the men, Newport and they began work as employees Swindon of the football club, and not of the Watford
Walsall
a' dispute. contractors with whom they have
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ed in the craze for miniature golf New Brighton States like wildare. which is sweeping the United Southport 16,000 courses have been built and
Already Stockport V. thousands more are under con Clyde
Aberdeen struction.
Clapton Orient ❤ . Northampton
Nelson
Scottish League-
Hearts
V.
Leith Athletic
Ayr United
Motherwell
Airdrie.
P+
V
V,
Dundee
V
V
in the neighbourhood of £1,000, A Falkirk
V. Each costs something East File been opened up, vast new field of employment has Hamilton
not merely for Kilmarnock
Hibernian unskilled labour, but for architects Morton and designers, as well as atten- Queen's Park Y. dants after the course is construct Rangers
ed.
Cowdenbeath
St. Mirren Celtic
3, 4, 6. 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5,
Triumphant Progress.
Tom Reece, one Commencing the second half, talented of billiards players of his
of the most! the 19th was halved. Sweetser was out of bounds at the 20th, time, has recently celebrated his
V. Partick 57th birthday. Reece introduced the where Jones had a par 5 to put cradle cannon into billiards, and in
Wood, gravel, turf and other him 5 up. Sweetser drove the
RUGBY FOOTBALL, green at the 21st, where Jones the season of 1907, with the cradle materials are required and theas formation, bade the the stupendous sands. A vast impetus has been again give, employment to thou was trapped, and Sweetser won in break of 499,188. It took him more
[To the Editor of "China Mail."3 three.
Sir, I read with great interest. given by the new craze to the fac- "Touch Down's" letter in your The next was halved but Jones than a month to compile it, and on
tories making clubs and bails, and issue of Thursday. became 5 up once again at the
steel vacuum cushions at that.
balls, and new factories are being surprises me about it and that is One thing 28rd, where he holed a 25-ft. putt
started to meet the growing de- that it was to give him a birdie thrée. The
not written sooner. pretty young mand, next was halved, but Jones sank
The present output is The Colony another long put to win the 25th
has plenty of idle Mexican actress, about 2,000,000 clubs and a similar talent in Rugby football and it is with a birdie three. He was now
Fighting. Senorita Celia Mon- number of balls a year.
astonishing how few efforts have 16 up.
talvañ, was gored by teresting the lumber industry the object of giving some of this The new craze is particularly in been made to organise a Club with' Spectator Damaged.
a bull in the ring at Monterey which visualises a great increase latent talent some outlet. Sweetser hooked his drive at (Mexico). The inforlated animal in the demand for wood, especially the next hole, catching a specta-inflicted painful Injuries on the
I agree with "Touch Down" that tor on the jaw, and cutting his actress, but her condition is not
if, as is happening in many cases, the question of a ground offers amusement parks are attached to the greatest dimeulty, but I con- lip. He overshot the green: into
the miniature golf courses.
sider that a on the part of a number of people concentrated effort. keenly interested in the game would be sufficient to cause- some › sort of a stir in the direction of
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Hull,
the rough, and took two to get serious. out, whilst Bobby's second was Senorita Montalvan had volun- Punjabis,resting nine feet from the pin, teered to fight the animal in order He narrowly missed a birdie and to please the thousand spectators became 7 up. At the 28th he whe thronged the ring. rank a 12-footer to put him 8 up. When she entered the arena the
Dramatic Finish.
enraged animal charged and hurled The end came with dramatic ber nine feet against the fence, but suddenness.. Jones made a char- although she was injured and almost acteristic shot, and the crowd blinded with sand, she picked herself was expectant as his second lock-up gamely and, clutching her ed to be rolling down for an matador's sword rushed at the beast "eagle," but it stopped nine inches again. short of the cup. Jones then The bull, however, was getting the holed out, and Sweetser walked hetter of the straggle when several over and congratulated him. of the actress's friends jumped into. Jones now seems almost certain the arena and forcibly carried her to make a "corner" of the year's off to safety, after which the animal golf titles. Reuter's American was killed by the regular matador, Service,
of
October 10 and 11-Eighth Extra Race Meeting.
Football-To-day- Chin-
Athletic V. Rest League; K.F.C.. v. Argylls (senior and junior games), 3.15 and 4.45 p.m.
Tuesday K.F.C. meeting & p.m.
annual:
Cricket-To-day-Ual- versity v. I.R.C. (first and second teams), MR.C. and. Pok- fulan, 2 p.m.; KC.C. Inter- Club Match, 2 p.m.
To-morrow-Volunteers v. K.C.C., Navy Ground, 11 am.
Sports To-day Cheung Chau School Sports.
Baseball To-day Fill- pinos v. Japanese.
To-morrow-South China. v. U.S. Helena, 1.30 p.m.; Fill- pinos v. Texaco, 4. p.m.".
Lawn Bowls-To-day Dockyard Inter-Departmental Final, C.S.C.C. Green; K.B.G.C. v. P.W.D., Kowloon,
Tomorrow Inter- Depart mental Competition-Educa tion Department v. Sanitary Department.A
October 4 C.C.C. v. The Rest of League, 4: p.m. October 18Taikoo Closing Day and Fresentation
R.C.
of Prizes.
Fencing Monday-Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, 5.15 p.m.
Polo-Monday Finals of KOYLL Cup, 4.40 pmD
Whist Tuesday St. Patrick's Club Drive, 8.80 p.m.
Swimming Tuesday Gar rison Schools, Sports, V.R.C 4.80 p.m.
TennisOctober: 4Entries close for LR.C. Tournament.
October
Rounds. of LR.C
inment close,
HOME
CHAS. WHITCOMBE WINS.
Oxhey, Yesterday. Charles Whitcombe to-day won what is virtually the British professional Championship beating Henry Cotton in the final
by
Senorita Montalvan said after- warda that she had had enough of bull-fighting and would not attempt such sport again.
It will interest, all! Cricket. lovers of cricket to know that the visit of
of the News of the World £1,040 Jack Hobbs to Ceylon is now a tournament, by 4 and 2 over 36 holes.
The "pony" courses are proving so popular that they pay for them- selves in two months.
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ball.
The third and anal the Improvement of Rugby Foot Hockey, Test match of the
I would suggest that a Kowloon women's Empire hoc Rugby Club should be formed and key tournament between England that it should endeavour to come and South Africa resulted in to some arrangement with the draw of 2. goals each. Miss Ellis play their home matches during Kowloon Football Club ao as to scored both England's goals. week days. This seems to me to England had already taken the be the only practical schema at rubber, having won the previous the moment and eagerly look two matches by 3 goals to 2 and 4 forward for any signs of activity to 2. Enginnd also won an "extra" with regard to this proposed. new Test by 5 goals to 1.
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Lady Joan Am- Ice Skating. Kerst, sister of the Earl Am- herat, has signed a contracts instructress at a London, Icedrome for its winter season..
Lady Joan sald to a Daily Mall reporter: "Ice skating is going to kill. ball-room dancing. I have
certainty. A cablegram was receivtaken this post on commission, and Sixty-four leading rofessionalsed by Dr. John Rockwood from H.H.
à fee of 58. a lesson of 30 minutes qualified from all parts of the the Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram, without my title. R
to demonstrate that I can get on country in the preliminary com- from Paris as follows: petitions, including Compston and Mitchell-Reuter.
LIPTON TO TRY AGAIN?
Back Again Soon for Another Trial.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
"For the benefit of Ceylon and Indian cricket I have managed to secure Jack Hobbs services for my team this winter. I trust my en- deavour meets with appreciation."
H.H. the Maharaj is now on his way back to India, while Mr. and Mrs, Hobbs will follow next month.
Club
XV.
Yours, etc.,
Hong Kong, September 26, DON BRADMAN IN TROUBLE
Question Submitted Board of Control.
London, August 27. -According to the Daily Express, Bradman's cricket career may be "I am doing this to test the re- jeopardised owing to his Press mark that people with a handle activities in England. It is con- to their names' cannot get on with tended that he has broken a out them
gulation drawn up by the Austra Han Board of Control and signed by of
Lady Amherst, who is 81; started
ro-
ago and first entered an office. players from writing to DOW Later she became a theatrical papers by selling the serial rights publicity agent
of his life story, which will probably be published in book learned that Lord the Australian team, has intimated form. Mr. Kelly, the Manager of Racing Derby, one of the his intention to submit the ques pleading racehorse tion to the Board of Control when owners and Breeders in Britain, she returns to Australia about to effect big economies in Bradman also appeared his racing establishment talkdes, and broadcast and posed The Earl has decided to dis- for photographs. It is, setimated perise with the services of his that he will receive over 22,000 In trainer, Frack Butters, to sell most that connections
All three English Cycling, riders had mishaps in the World's Amateur Road Cycling Championship, which was won by D. Marteno, of Italy, from another Italian, Destri. The New York, Yesterday. third rider was Risch, of Germany, Sir Thomas Lipton will make another challenge for America
The English riders were doing of his yearlings and a number of [Clause 11 of the 86 clause eup. At least, this is the interwell until half way, when Orrell fell his mares, and to reduce the num- agreement signed by the Austra pretat placed on a statement in some loose cinders, and broke ber of horses at Stanley House Hian players states: Neither the he made at the house of Mayor wheel Short
Blables. Walker upon whom he called to punctured, and although he was able upon in pursuance of the policy newspaper correspondent or do any Shortly afterwards Southall This step has been resolved shall accept employment as a manager, treasurer nor any player say farewell before departing to-to resume with the loss of only four watch Lord Derby adopted several work for or in connection with morrow on the Leviathan.
minutes, an old leg trouble brought years 20. In a publie him to a stop on a hill shortly after-protesting against the mounting, andino
any new
He
"I think
the receive shall be Anothe
per or broadcasting:
ber of the team other
spirit; in
he third rider, J. Frist, burden of taxation and death thin the manager shall directly or the leaders until twenty duties, the Est remarked: again before long for miles from the finish when he and the tire is comin
fel away, and afterwards not already come trouble. The race was run hate to consider leaving the Serli great Heat and the
selously troubl
"where"my -ancestors, and lved for so many years.
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